What’s their native habitat like? How many young do they have? How big do they get? What do they eat…who eats them? Click on your favorite species below to discover the answers to these questions and many more. Photos, videos, interviews, and podcasts will bring each species into your home or classroom so you can get the inside scoop.

Four-eyed Fish

A fish with four eyes! Click here to learn the truth about these fascinating "four-eyed" fish.

Monarch Butterfly

What weighs about the same weight of a paperclip as a fully grown adult and migrates over 1,500 miles? The Monarch Butterfly! Click here to learn more about these fascinating invertebrates and the people working to conserve them.

White Spotted Bamboo Shark

Click here to learn more about one of our most popular animals, the White Spotted Bamboo Shark. These amazing animals make their home in the Shark and Sting Ray Encounter pools and serve as excellent animal ambassadors for shark species around the world!

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The mission of Sea Research Foundation, Inc., which includes Mystic Aquarium, Ocean Exploration Center and JASON Learning, is to inspire people to care for and protect our ocean planet through conservation, education, and research.